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Vote:621 Kyotera District Quarter1 Local Government Quarterly Performance Report FY 2020/21 Vote:621 Kyotera District Quarter1 Terms and Conditions I hereby submit Quarter 1 performance progress report. This is in accordance with Paragraph 8 of the letter appointing me as an Accounting Officer for Vote:621 Kyotera District for FY 2020/21. I confirm that the information provided in this report represents the actual performance achieved by the Local Government for the period under review. Bwayo Gabriel Rodgers Date: 03/11/2020 cc. The LCV Chairperson (District) / The Mayor (Municipality) 1 Local Government Quarterly Performance Report FY 2020/21 Vote:621 Kyotera District Quarter1 Summary: Overview of Revenues and Expenditures Overall Revenue Performance Ushs Thousands Approved Budget Cumulative Receipts % of Budget Received Locally Raised Revenues 1,027,744 206,349 20% Discretionary Government 3,337,728 861,921 26% Transfers Conditional Government Transfers 28,245,256 7,140,843 25% Other Government Transfers 12,034,749 217,341 2% External Financing 324,000 48,877 15% Total Revenues shares 44,969,478 8,475,331 19% Overall Expenditure Performance by Workplan Ushs Thousands Approved Cumulative Cumulative % Budget % Budget % Releases Budget Releases Expenditure Released Spent Spent Administration 4,137,865 1,542,917 1,499,070 37% 36% 97% Finance 348,738 84,435 65,438 24% 19% 78% Statutory Bodies 664,884 156,721 142,176 24% 21% 91% Production and Marketing 11,161,595 200,809 175,973 2% 2% 88% Health 7,279,302 1,864,448 1,192,632 26% 16% 64% Education 17,825,702 3,868,322 2,461,836 22% 14% 64% Roads and Engineering 1,805,066 257,699 206,698 14% 11% 80% Water 670,533 214,152 206,136 32% 31% 96% Natural Resources 174,944 43,536 32,556 25% 19% 75% Community Based Services 211,007 50,796 49,996 24% 24% 98% Planning 535,710 155,238 126,701 29% 24% 82% Internal Audit 88,500 21,725 16,771 25% 19% 77% Trade, Industry and Local 65,631 14,533 7,984 22% 12% 55% Development Grand Total 44,969,478 8,475,331 6,183,967 19% 14% 73% Wage 20,232,457 5,058,114 3,725,041 25% 18% 74% Non-Wage Reccurent 9,585,686 1,898,892 1,859,766 20% 19% 98% Domestic Devt 14,827,335 1,469,448 550,283 10% 4% 37% Donor Devt 324,000 48,877 48,877 15% 15% 100% 2 Local Government Quarterly Performance Report FY 2020/21 Vote:621 Kyotera District Quarter1 Summary of Cumulative Receipts, disbursements and expenditure for FY 2020/21 Kyotera District local government cumulatively received a total of 8,475,331,000/= from all revenue sources for the quarter of the Financial year 2020/2021 and this represents only 19% of the total annual budget that has been released so far. By the end of quarter 1, the Kyotera District cumulative expenditure was 6,183,967,000/= representing 14% of the total Budget for the quarter that were spent. This also means that 73% of the cumulative releases for the the quarter that has been spent by the end of September 2020.There is a noticeable under performance in releases for the quarter and this could be attributed to the local Governent having realised only 20% of its planned annual budget under locally raised revenues for the financial year 2020/2021. there are some slight over performance from Discretionary Government Transfers Transfers at 26% and Condition Government Transfers at 25%) while the rest of the revenue sources under performed though the rest of the revenue sources under performed for instance External financing was at 15% and Other Government transfers is at only 5% in budget received . All the funds were transferred to User- Accounts including Lower Local Governments, Schools and Healthy Facilities. The funds were wired as received under IPFs and plans to user departments, Lower Local Governments, Health Facilities, and Schools. Funds received under non wage unconditional and sector conditional, wage, pension and gratuity, development, OGT (URF) and External Financing were all received and put to use. Cumulative Revenue Performance by Source % of Budget Ushs Thousands Approved Budget Cumulative Receipts Received 1.Locally Raised Revenues 1,027,744 206,349 20 % Local Services Tax 187,392 45,949 25 % Land Fees 47,835 801 2 % Other Goods - Local 61,000 0 0 % Local Hotel Tax 4,000 0 0 % Application Fees 3,500 600 17 % Business licenses 104,722 24,524 23 % Park Fees 0 0 0 % Property related Duties/Fees 71,500 17,875 25 % Registration (e.g. Births, Deaths, Marriages, etc.) fees 4,000 1,000 25 % Registration of Businesses 350,000 87,500 25 % Inspection Fees 51,800 9,500 18 % Market /Gate Charges 66,457 0 0 % Other Fees and Charges 75,039 18,600 25 % Ground rent 500 0 0 % 2a.Discretionary Government Transfers 3,337,728 861,921 26 % District Unconditional Grant (Non-Wage) 698,748 176,765 25 % Urban Unconditional Grant (Non-Wage) 169,648 42,412 25 % District Discretionary Development Equalization Grant 231,928 77,309 33 % Urban Unconditional Grant (Wage) 333,473 83,368 25 % District Unconditional Grant (Wage) 1,830,934 457,734 25 % Urban Discretionary Development Equalization Grant 72,997 24,332 33 % 2b.Conditional Government Transfers 28,245,256 7,140,843 25 % Sector Conditional Grant (Wage) 18,068,051 4,517,013 25 % Sector Conditional Grant (Non-Wage) 4,391,564 376,850 9 % 3 Local Government Quarterly Performance Report FY 2020/21 Vote:621 Kyotera District Quarter1 Sector Development Grant 3,253,615 1,084,538 33 % Transitional Development Grant 819,802 273,267 33 % General Public Service Pension Arrears (Budgeting) 551,825 551,825 100 % Salary arrears (Budgeting) 63,000 63,000 100 % Pension for Local Governments 182,900 45,725 25 % Gratuity for Local Governments 914,500 228,625 25 % 2c. Other Government Transfers 12,034,749 217,341 2 % Support to PLE (UNEB) 23,000 0 0 % Uganda Road Fund (URF) 1,597,566 215,999 14 % Uganda Women Enterpreneurship Program(UWEP) 15,191 1,342 9 % Youth Livelihood Programme (YLP) 0 0 0 % Agriculture Cluster Development Project (ACDP) 10,398,992 0 0 % 3. External Financing 324,000 48,877 15 % Rakai Health Sciences Programme (RHSP) 240,000 48,877 20 % Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunization (GAVI) 84,000 0 0 % VNG International 0 0 0 % Total Revenues shares 44,969,478 8,475,331 19 % Cumulative Performance for Locally Raised Revenues Kyotera District local government has a total budget of 1,027,744,488/= (one billion twenty seven mollion,seven hundred forty four thousands, four hundred forty eight shillings only) for the whole financial year 2020/2021. During quarter 1, kyotera District was advanced 80% of its planned locally raised revenues for the quarter which 20% of its planned total local revenue for the whole financial year 2020/2021, from the center that is MoFPED. Funds were transfered to the respective receipients according to the workplan and budget that is both Departments and Lower local governments. Cumulative Performance for Central Government Transfers During quarter 1 of the current financial year 2020/2021, Kyotera district local government received a total of 8,002,763,685/= out of the planned 7,895,746,011/=, which is above what was planned for, for the quarter. Over performance is because the district received all its planned budget/ revenues under pension arrears, gratuity arrears arrears for the whole financial year in quarter 1 alone. Also development revenues were more than what the district had planned to receive for the quarter. Overall, the District received 101% of its planned budget for the quarter which was also 25.3% of its planned budget for the whole financial year 2020/2021. Cumulative Performance for Other Government Transfers For the period July 2020 to September 2020, Kyotera District local government had realized a total of Shs 217,341,303 which is only 7.3% of the quarterly budget under other Government transfers and this amounts to only 1.8 % of the total Annual Budget of 12,034,749,326/= under Other government Transfers for the financial year 2020/2021 implying a shortfall of about 17% of the target 25% for the quarter. This was due under receipts under Uganda road fund(URF) and Uganda women Entrepreneurship program (UWEP) and also non-realization of funds from the Agriculturre Cluster Development Project (ACDP) yet it was accounting for over 87% of the planned funds under other government transfers for the quarter. Cumulative Performance for External Financing 4 Local Government Quarterly Performance Report FY 2020/21 Vote:621 Kyotera District Quarter1 During quarter 1 of the current financial year 2020/2021, Kyotera district local Government received a total of 48,877,000/= out of the planned 81,000,000/= for the quarter and this was only 60.3% of the planned quarterly budget and only 15% of the planned budget for the whole financial year under external financing. This is because the district only realised External financing from Rakai Health Sciences program(RHSP) the main Donor for the District which was also only 81.5% of its planned budget for the quarter. During quarter 1 of the current financial year 2020/2021, Kyotera district local Government received a total of 48,877,000/= out of the planned 81,000,000/= for the quarter and this was only 60.3% of the planned quarterly budget and only 15% of the planned budget for the whole financial year under external financing. This is because the district only realised External financing from Rakai Health Sciences program(RHSP) the main Donor for the District which was also only 81.5% of its planned budget for the quarter.
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